Sales tax were waived online in order to allow entrepeneurs to prosper and grow quickly in this "new" technology. Amazon won from that strategy. Amazon isn't burdened by the complexity of tracking state by state sales a mom and pop shop would be - neither is Barnes and Noble. This won't hinder their business, just their profit margin - but they will still profit. And, as we spend the next few months listening to the numbers of teachers being fired in our state, these are the dollars we are talking about. -- Rich Vázquez
On Tue, Feb 15, 2011 at 9:37 PM, Brandtley McMinn <[email protected]>wrote: > My only opinion on it -- after recently going over my tax stuff -- is that > if an online retailer keeps an active inventory of merchandise, they should > factor in their state sales tax for the item and appropriate that through > their Amazon retailer backend. Amazon as an online catalog of sorts, I > imagine makes a commission on their services regarding transaction > processing and all, however I'm not so sure they're the one's exclusively > responsible for state sales tax. > > Even if they were subject to state sales tax, they have your address. So > when you purchase an item that is sold directly through amazon, they can add > the appropriate state tax to your total which would be paid to the > respective state. > > - Brandtley > Gigglebox Studios > > > On 2/15/2011 11:51 AM, Jan Triplett wrote: > >> Because of the makeup of Refresh-Austin, I wanted to get feedback on your >> concerns about requiring Amazon to pay state sales tax. I am trying to >> gather information for a government colleague. >> >> Thank you for your input. >> >> >> Here's to your success! >> >> Jan Triplett, Ph.D. >> Business Success Center >> > > -- > Our Web site: http://www.RefreshAustin.org/ > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Refresh Austin" group. > > [ Posting ] > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > Job-related postings should follow http://tr.im/refreshaustinjobspolicy > We do not accept job posts from recruiters. > > [ Unsubscribe ] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] > > [ More Info ] > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/Refresh-Austin > -- Our Web site: http://www.RefreshAustin.org/ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Refresh Austin" group. [ Posting ] To post to this group, send email to [email protected] Job-related postings should follow http://tr.im/refreshaustinjobspolicy We do not accept job posts from recruiters. [ Unsubscribe ] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] [ More Info ] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Refresh-Austin
